How to write an office assistant or secretary CV: a fictional example CV, sentences that describe office and correspondence work, a skills list and tips.
In an office assistant CV, order, communication and software skills should stand out. This fictional example describes daily office tasks in short, responsibility-focused sentences.
This example is fictional; the names of people and organisations are not real.
Office Assistant
For three years I have worked in executive support and office tasks. I run calendars, correspondence and filing in an orderly, timely way.
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Say whether you were an executive assistant, a team assistant or general office support. It shows the scope of the role.
Calendar, correspondence, filing, orders and travel planning: write each on a separate line.
Be honest about your level in Word, Excel, email and calendar tools.
Executive correspondence is confidential; you can briefly say you are careful about it.
Adapt them to your own real work; never write something you did not do.
Choose only what is true for you.
Write your education, placements and volunteering, your software skills and tasks that needed order, with their real scope.
It depends on the advert. If you write a language, state your level correctly.
A plain, readable template suits this role best.